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Reassessing PLKB Basic Training Curriculum In East Java

This study is intended to reveal the gap between the materials in the PLKB (Petugas Lapangan Keluarga Berencana or Family Planning Field Officers) basic training curriculum and the real training needs; find out the training material that has been fulfilled by the PLKB basic training curriculum; identify the training needs that have not been fulfilled yet by the PLKB basic training curriculum; and sort the materials in the PLKB basic training curriculum which are not considered as the real needs of the training. The population of this study was 600 PLKB, while the sample was only 50% of the population (which were 330 people). The sample was drawn based on the principle of proportional random sampling according to their working area. The data were collected through questionnaires and site analysis meeting. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the gap model proposed by Provus, while the qualitative data were analyze by using interactive model. The finding of this study was (1) the gap between materials in the PLKB training curriculum and the training needs was 18.92% or seven materials; (2) 81.08% materials in the PLKB training curriculum were considered as the real needs of training; (3) there were several materials that had not been covered yet, such as the side effects of contraception, motivating methods, social psychology, drop out acceptor cause, and family planning targets’ cultural background; and (4) there were 7 inappropriate materials in the PLKB basic training.